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Sunday, 03 September 2006
This worm spreads by copying itself to local drives, sharing that drive, and then placing an Autorun.inf file on the root, to automatically load the worm when a user connects to the share.  The worm also configures system policies to lock down features of the operating system.

Aliases

  • Mobler (F-Secure)
  • W32/Backdoor.NWL (F-Prot)
  • W32/Mobler
  • Worm.Win32.Mobler.b (Kaspersky)

Characterstrics:When run, this worm creates many copies of itself on the local machine.  It assumes the filename of existing folders, hides system folders, and hides file extensions via Windows policy.  The worm also uses the icon for a standard directory.  This results in copies of the worm that look like folders:

 SympToms:

he worm attempts to close Windows with the following titles.

  • Command Prompt
  • RegEdit_RegEdit
  • Registry Editor
  • Windows Firewall
  • system Configuration utility
  • Run

The following Windows policies are configured:

  • NoFind
  • NoFolderOptions
  • Disableregistrytools
  • Disabletaskmgr

The worm copies itself to the WINDOWS SYSTEM directory and a registry run key is created to load the file at startup:

  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
    Run "Windows" = C:\WINDOWS\System32\SYSTEM.exe

The worm also copies itself to C:\WINDOWS\svchost.exe and reconfigures the handling of many files to point to itself:

  • chmfile
  • htmfile
  • htmlfile
  • inffile
  • txtfile
  • batfile
  • cmdfile
  • comfile
  • htmlfile
  • inffile
  • JSFile
  • MSCFile
  • regfile
  • txtfile
  • VBSFile

It also reconfigures the handling of many apps to load itself:

  • attrib.exe
  • del.exe 
  • dxdiag.exe 
  • explorer.exe 
  • reg.exe 
  • regedit.exe 
  • taskkill.exe

The worm also modifies the WIN.INI file and corresponding registry entry:

  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\
    Winlogon "Shell" = Explorer.exe "C:\WINDOWS\svchost.exe"

 Method of Infection:

The worm drops the following files into the WINDOW SYSTEM directory:

 Autorun.inf  INF file to load the worm when remote systems connect to share
 Black.App  text file with username and author comment
 black.html  html file with author comment
 black.ico  icon of the letters BS
 black.jpg  image with the phrase black_symbian
 black.txt  text file
 Black_Symbian.pkg  list of SIS file conents
 Black_Symbian.SIS + Cracked By .exe  copy of the worm
 Black_Symbian.SIS  SIS archive
 makesis.exe  SIS file creation utility
 SYSTEM.exe  copy of the worm

 

 

All Users:
Use current engine and DAT files for detection. Delete any file which contains this detection.

Variants

    N/A

 

 

Last Updated ( Sunday, 03 September 2006 )
 
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